Mika Taanila
Mika TAANILA (1965, Finland) graduated in Video from Lahti University of Applied Sciences. He is based in Helsinki and works as a filmmaker and artist in the fields of documentary, avant-garde filmmaking and visual arts. Many of his films and installations deal with utopias in historical and contemporary science. For several years, Taanila was a programmer at Avanto, until 2009 an important festival in Finland for experimental films. His work has been shown at numerous international film festivals and solo and group exhibitions. His film Six Day Run was nominated in 2013 for a Tiger Award for Short Films.
Filmography
(selection) Thank You for the Music - Elokuva muzakista/Thank You for the Music - A Film About Muzak (1997, short), Futuro - tulevaisuuden olotila/Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998, short doc), RoboCup99 (2000, short), Tulevaisuus ei ole entisensä/The Future Is Not What It Used To Be (2002, short), Fysikaalinen rengas/A Physical Ring (2002, short), Stimulus Progression (Rotterdam) (2005, instal), Optinen ääni/Optical Sound (2005, short), Sommerreise/A Summer Trip (2006, short), Täydellisen pimennyksen vyöhyke/The Zone of Total Eclipse (2006, instal), Puijo (2010, short), Laitos (2010, short), Ihminen ja tiede (2011), Pneuma (2011), The Most Electrified Town in Finland (2012, instal), Kuuden päivän juoksu/Six Day Run (2013, short), My Silence (2013, short), SSEENNSSEESS (2013, instal), Return of The Atom (2015, doc, co-dir), Tectonic Plate (2016, short), The World (2017, short)
Mika Taanila op IFFR
A Physical Ring
4'
Finland
IFFR 2003
The Dawn of Dimi
150'
Finland
IFFR 2005
Optical Sound
6'
Finland
IFFR 2006
The Zone of Total Eclipse
6'
Finland
IFFR 2007
The Zone of Total Eclipse
6'
Finland
IFFR 2007
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
52'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow
30'
Finland
IFFR 2013
The Most Electrified Town in Finland
15'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Optical Sound
6'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Six Day Run
15'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Stimulus Progression (Rotterdam)
4'
Finland
IFFR 2013
The Zone of Total Eclipse
6'
Finland
IFFR 2013
Black and White Movies
Finland
IFFR 2014
Flora & Fauna
6'
Finland
IFFR 2014
The World
8'
Finland
IFFR 2017
Polte
15'
Finland
IFFR 2018
Realms
Realms verkent geologische tijden en levende biotopen en neemt ons mee door de tijd, van de oersoep tot een posthumane toekomst.
20'
Finland
IFFR 2019
Works on Paper
Een ultra-minimalistische versie van een filmscript in My Silence (On Paper) en een kleine bibliotheek van brutaal en slim misbruikte filmboeken: Film Reader.
IFFR 2019